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CLEVELAND — Juneteenth has only been a federal holiday since 2021, following a decades-long movement to recognize the end of slavery in the U.S.“ Abraham Lincoln issues that Emancipation Proclamation , effective January 1863. Two more bloody years of war before freedom becomes a reality,” Williams said.
Williams, a distinguished scholar of African American History and Culture at the Western Reserve Historial Society, now shares the black freedom struggle, past and present, with audiences young and old. "I think there have been some victories that we should celebrate,” Williams said. “And now, you know, continue to struggle in our own way in this digital age to make that promise of freedom real for a larger number of people."For decades in the South, Juneteenth celebrations featured community-centric events, parades, prayer services and cookouts.
The festival runs from 12 to 4 p.m. at ThirdSpace Action Lab, located at 1464 E. 105th St. in Cleveland. It’s designed for those 18 and older. Guests are encouraged to pay “as much as you can” to attend.
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